An Examination of the Relationship Between Ethical Work Climate and Moral Awareness

By Craig V. VanSandt, J. Shepard, Stephen M. Zappe. 2006

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Continuities and Extensions of Ethical Climate Theory: A Meta-Analytic Review (2006, background): “Strategic and managerial orientations help to define not only the culture of a firm (VanSandt, 2001), but also ethical climate perceptions.”
The Role of Individual Variables, Organizational Variables and Moral Intensity Dimensions in Libyan Management Accountants’ Ethical Decision Making (2016, background): “Several business ethics studies obtained similar levels of reliability for the four types of ethical climate investigated (e.g. Agarwal and Malloy 1999; Shafer 2008, 2009; Upchurch 1998; VanSandt et al. 2006; Vardi 2001; Venezia and Callano 2008).”
The Impact of Moral Stress Compared to Other Stressors on Employee Fatigue, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover: An Empirical Investigation (2012, result): “VanSandt et al. (2006) found that education was the only significant moderating variable between an ethical work climate and moral awareness, which is in line with the findings of moral psychologists that the level of formal education is the most significant factor in developing moral judgment…”
Corporate Ethical Values, Group Creativity, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention: The Impact of Work Context on Work Response (2011, background): “component of this environment is comprised of the ethical values that unify how employees should negotiate different ethical challenges on the job; these values also provide a set of guidelines about acceptable conduct in the organization (Hunt et al., 1989; VanSandt et al., 2006).”
Establishing Organizational Ethical Climates: How Do Managerial Practices Work? (2010, background): “It has been noted that these three loci of analysis also correspond to Kohlberg’s (1984) stages of individual moral reasoning (VanSandt et al., 2006; Victor and Cullen, 1988).”
Ethical Climates in Organizations: A Review and Research Agenda (2017, background): “For example, VanSandt et al. (2006) found that the relationship between ethical climate and moral awareness was stronger for individuals with a higher level of education.”